Letters · To the governor of Basra upon learning that he had accepted an invitation to a lavish banquet

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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Arabic text

وَحَسْبُكَ دَاءً أَنْ تَبِيتَ بِبِطْنَةٍ * وَحَوْلَكَ أَكْبَادٌ تَحِنُّ إِلَى الْقِدِّ

Translation

It is enough for you to have a disease that you lie with your belly full while around you people may be badly yearning for dried leather.

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